hadriel | Video 4 - George's room

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Video 4 - George's room

[the video opens on George, sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed. she looks curious, but also a little sheepish as what she's about to ask is . . . personal.

no, she's not asking for flirting advice again.

that was one time.

stop looking at her like that.

no, this time what she's asking is even weirder]

So, uh, I was kind of wondering. How many people here died before they came here? And how many are now immortal?

I was just. Wanting to know?

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I had passed from my world before arriving here, yes.

( she had, in fact, wondered for a brief moment if this was some strange afterlife. it was not but she cannot complain, she is here with noctis but the topic is still... difficult. perhaps it is not surprise that the scene of her, seated on the floor of her living space is also filled by two sleeping dogs. )

... But I am not immortal.

It seems like there are a lot of us who have. So you're not alone.

[George knew it wasn't the afterlife. at first, she assumed she was sent here because Rube was punishing her for her actions as a Grim Reaper. and in other news, doggies]

Oh. That sucks. I'm sorry?

No, I am not. I must admit that there is some comfort in that thought.

( along with just being given this chance. though luna refrains from saying as much there is a gratefulness there that she cannot fully understand but does know, at least, she is happy simply to be at noctis' side. )

You need not apologize. I have know for quite some time what would become of me but I had a duty, one that had to be seen done.

Yeah. I mean, the whole companionship thing can be kinda nice.

[George wouldn't know about being at someone's side. she's had crushes, sure, but they've all been one-sided. sometimes, she wonders what's wrong with her]

...so you knew in advance that you were gonna die? That. Had to have been rough. Even with the whole duty thing.

It is not the sort of companionship one could usually seek out at home.

( she is lucky for noctis. luckier than many, and she will ever be grateful for the chance offered to her in being able to stay at his side. still the question gives her pause. it was one asked before by reporters, or folk she traveled to see but her answers then had always been the same.

now, though-- )

I... In truth, I did not allow myself many chances to ponder the thoughts. I did as was my duty. As I had been ordained, for the one I care deepest for and for the people that would suffered if I failed.

Yeah? Why's that?

[she had to answer to reporters on what was apparently a destined death? that would suck. reporters are nosy fucks and don't always care about people's feelings]

Oh. Well, I guess that's a pretty good incentive to go through with it. Still sucks that you had to, though.

The spirits of the dead... they do not linger long in the hereafter within our world for them to seek out such companionship.

( never mind that, even in death, she will not be like others. she will remain within the world, continuing to guide and watch noctis until their world is finally safe. only then will she rest. )

I suppose there are many that would believe the same. For so long, since I was a small child, I knew it to be that it simply became normalcy in my mind.

....oh. I guess that would be a pretty big deterrent.

[and George thought that her post-death responsibilities were more than she could handle]

Wait, they unloaded all of this on you when you were a kid? Oh, jeez.

I suppose, thinking on it now, it sounds unreasonably harsh. I was very understanding at the time, I was not scared nor angry. I was happy that I could do something for my world.

( hmm. ) I cannot deny that I am enjoying myself here. It has been nice to be so... free of those worries.

No, I mean, if you're gonna lay something like that down on someone, might as well do it when they're a kid. That way, at least they've got time to--to get used to the idea. And they know that they should do plenty of living in the time they have.

Yeah, same here. Don't have to Reap anyone. Sure, death still happens. But at least in my world, it happens without me.

Truly? Some might think it better to allow a child to simply be a child but I guess there is no right way to tell someone that they will one day die. I was grateful, at least, to have helped the one I loved in the process.

( even if he was gonna die too because ~*~gods~*~. ) Reap? As in a grim reaper?

Nope, there really isn't. If it was me and I had something like that just sprung on me? I'd be pissed. Better to know ahead of time and . . . live a lot. And, that's something? Something good.

[fucking gods. they're the same everywhere] Yeah, as in a Grim Reaper.

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